GRE Word List
ENDEMIC
belonging or native to a particular people or country
The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compliant | ready or disposed to comply : submissive |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |